Sewing machine



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Y rs-chain :(CI. 112 -1811) This invention relates to sewing machines, more.

particularly of the 'fiat bed'type having a looptaker turning about a horizontal axis, and has a loop-taker. s I 7 With the :above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appean'the invention comprises the constructions; combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter more particularly 'de--' y ing-position'of the parts, the hook-shaft 12 is .dis-

scribed and claimed. 1 V

The features of the invention and the advam tag'es attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art irom the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, taken inconnection with. the accompanying dr.'a.v'vings','in which Fig. 1 isa verti-' cal sectional view through thestitching point of a sewing machine embodying'the invention looking inthe directionof feed; Fig. 2 is'a bottom plan "view of the partsf shownin' Fig.1.. Fig; 3 is a rear side elevation of the parts shown in Fig; 1'; Fig; 4 is a front endelevation of the parts.-"Fig'.f5 is a section-on the line 5-5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 isa section on theline 6 -6, Fig.2, and Fig.2 isa per-1 spective view of the loop-taker in bobbin-removing and -replacing position. T

1 represents the bed of asewing machine having a reciprocating needle 2; presser-fbotB, feeddog 4, throat-plate 5fand coverslide'fi' which'is mounted as usual in the slide-waysTin' the bed 1 and is shiftable from closed or full-line position,'Figs. 1,, 2 and 3, .to open ordotted'line-position, Figs. 1, Band '7, to exposeano'pening bin the bed lfor access to theloop-taker 8.

The loop-taker s is in the" form or a cup-shaped rotary hook having a loop-taking beak 9and supporting'the usual stationary thread-case 10' m which the usual lower thread-mass orbobbin 1-1 is removably mounted; the construction of the rotary hook, thread-case and bobbin,' herein illustrated, being substantially in accordance-with the disclosureof the patent to Di'ehl et al.', N0.

1,146,406, of July 13, 1915. Y

The loop-taker 8 is carried by the loop-taker shaft 12 which is journaled horizontally in abearing 13 in the U-shaped'bracket 14,the upwardly extending legs 15 of whichjha've' fixed; to theirupper ends the a1in'edhing'e -pins 16, 16', which hinge pins are journaled, respectively, in the bearing brackets 17,17 fixed to the under side of the bed 1. The hinge-pin 16 is'extended and formed at one end with arotation restr'aining tongue 18' which enters the usualrotation-re straining notch 19 of the, thread-:case-10; Y

The bracket 141s formed at one side witha depression or recess "20, Fig. 4, which isventered by a spring-pressed ball 21- 'carried' by the bracket 22 fixed to the bed 1. The ball- 21 yieldingly retains the'bracket 14 in full line or sewing position. The bore 23 in the bracket 22 is slightly reduced at its end 24 so as to be smaller than the ball 21:and hold the ball in 'the bore'23 when the-bracketis swung-outoi sewingposition. v

Itwillbe observedthat, in the full line or sewposed horizontally; the hook-beak 9- rotating in a verticalvpla-ne. Also, I the hook-:body 8 and thread-case 10 are disposed mainly at one side of thevertical planeo -a, Fig. lpassing through the path of reciprocation of the needle 2 and dis 7o posedin'theline of feed. The axis of the hingepins 1'6; 16' is disposed on the other side of the plane tl-ed. It resultsfromzthis constructionathat, when the bracket. 14 isswung about its hinges, the hook, 8 and" thread-case 11 are .carried out from under the :throat-plated across the plane 0-41,: I and are tilted from arvertical toareadily accessi-1 ble horizontal positioniFig; 7; with" the open side of the hook uppermost, exposing the thread-case 1 0 forremoval of the usual bobbin-holding v.element thereof. Y The cover-slide -6 preferably. has secured .to it a .,downwardlyext'ending-- post 25 which-is connected by means of a 'link.2,6 toithe'bracket'14; When thercover-slide 6is shifted fromclosed to opensposition to expose the opening b. in the bed 1,=the-.hook 8 and thread-zcase 10 are swungfrom sewing position to Y dotted" line position directly below andfacing the opening "17, where the threa'dacase is readilyaccessible for removalof the 'bobbin'll. When the cover-slide 6' is -s'hifted tOClOSGdiiPOSitiOII, the hookB and' parts' carried thereby are automatically restored to sewing po- 'sition. Y Y

The hook-shaft12 is formed at one end with ,a flat face 27-and flange 28 in which is cut a notchv 29; The notch" 291is normally entered by the-spring-pre's'sed coupling: pin 30 mounted vin the :flanged'end 31 of the usual loop-taker drivin'gishaft'32journaledbelow the bed-1.. When'the coupling the shaft 12 to the shaft' 32 in properly timed relation.

The invention is not to be understood as lim ited to the form and arrangement of parts disclosed herein as this disclosure is merely illus-L trative of a preferred embodiment of the invention. Nor is the invention to be understood as limited in all of its aspectsto a lockstitch sewing machine. 1:; f 1'. Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is:

a reciprocating needle, feeding mechanism, a loop-taker disposed mainly at one side of the vertical plane of the needle inthe line of feed,

a bracket-in which said loop-taker is journaled, said bracket being hinged to swing on an axis disposed on the other side ofsaid vertical plane to carry said loop-taker from operative position to an easily accessible position.

2. A sewing machine having a bed formed with an opening, a cover-slide-closing said opening, a throat-plate alongside said cover-slide, a reciprocating needle operating through said throatplate, a loop-taker having a beak operating in vertical plane below said throat-plate, and means for swinging said loop-taker from operating position toa readily accessible position below saidopening.

' 3. In a lock-stitch sewing machine having a, lower thread-mass, a reciprocating needle, a

bed, a throat-plate fixed to said bed,- a coverplate slidably mounted in said bed alongside said throat-plate, a loop-taker having an operative position below said throat-plate, and means for moving'said loop-taker laterally of its operative position toa readily accessible position below the opening exposed by the cover-plate, to facilitate removal and replacement of the lower threadmass.

4.'In a lock-stitch sewing machine having a lower thread-mass,-a reciprocating needle, a bed, athroat-plate fixed to said bedfacover-plate slidably mounted in said bed alongside said throat-plate, a loop-taker having an operative position below said throat-plate,=driving means for said loop-taker and-means connected to-said cover-plate for disconnecting said loop-taker from its driving means and for moving said looptaker laterally of its operative position to a readily accessible position below the openingexposed by the cover-plate, to facilitate removal and replacement of the lower thread-mass.

5. A sewing machine having, in combination, a'reciprocating needle, a loop ta'ker, a thread-' case supported .within the field of action of said loop-taker, a bracket in which said loop-taker is journaled, a hinge-pin supporting said bracket" for swinging movement between operativeposition and easy-threading position, said hinge-pin havinga portion cooperating with the threadca'seto restrain the latter from rotation. v

6. A sewing machine having, in' combination, a reciprocating needle, a loop-taker, a" looptaker drivingshaft, a bracket in which said loop-- taker is journaled with its shaft operatively con nected with said driving-shaft, said bracket being movably mounted to carry said loop-taker from operative position to a more readily accessible position, and mean for automatically coupling said shafts together in properly timed relation.

7. A sewing machine having, in combination, a reciprocating needle, a loop-taker, a loop-taker driving shaft, a bracket in which said loop-taker isjournaled with its shaft operatively connected with said driving shaft, said bracket being movably mounted to carry said loop-taker from operativposition to a more readily accessible po- :sition, and means for automatically coupling said shafts together in properly timed relation, said meansincluding a spring-pressed pin carried by oneof said shafts and adapted to enter a recess in the other shaft.

8. A sewing machine having, in combination, a bed, a reciprocating needle, a loop-taker journale'd'on a horizontal axis to rotate in a vertical 1. A sewing machine having, in combination,

plane when in sewing position, a bobbin carried able out of sewing position to a position below said bed atan angleto sewing position, for'c'onvenience in removing and replacing the bobbin.

9. A'sewing machine having, in combination, a'bed, a reciprocating needle, a throat-plate, a loop-taker disposed below said throat-plateand. having a loop-taking beak operating in a'-substantially vertical plane, a bobbin mounted within the field of action of said loop-taker, acoverslide adapted to expose an opening inqsaid'bed, at one side of said throat-plate for access to said bobbin, and 'meansfor shifting said loop-taker from sewing position to a position directly under. said opening for convenience, in removingqsaid bobbin... r V

10. A. sewing machine having, in combination, a bed, a reciprocating needle, a U-shaped bracket swingably mounted below said. bed; a loop-taker, journaled in'said bracket intermediate the legs. ofthe latter, a cover-slide, and awconnectionbe tween said cover-slide and. said bracketto swing= the latter. and the loop-taker from sewing positionto aimore readily accessible position.. 1

11. A sewing machine having, in combination,

a reciprocating needle, feeding mechanism, a loop-taker disposed mainlyfon one-side of the 1g! line of seam-formation, actuating means connect-" ed to said loop-taker, and means for =disconnecting said loop-taker from its actuating means and shiftingjit to apposition on the opposite side ofthe lineof. seam formationfor convenient access. V "y 5 12. A sewing machine having a-bed formed with an opening, a cover-slide for said opening,-a loop taker, actuating means for said'loop-taker, and means undercontrolof said cover-slide for disconnecting said loop-taker from its actuatingmeans and shifting it to a position of convenientv access. '13. In a machine of the class described, the: combination'of, a loop-taker shiftable from an active to an inactive position, a driving shaft therefor, a coupling comprising two disks one of which is movable with the loop-taker toinactive. position, a spring-pressed pin in one of said disks, said pin being'adapted to enter an'opening in the other of said disks when saidloop-taker is in its active-position, and'means forzyieldingly holding said loop-taker in itsactivepositionn 14. A sewing machine having, in combination," a bed, a reciprocating needle, a loop-taker-having a beak operating in a verticalplane, a bobbin carried by said loop-takerjabracket in which said loop-taker is operatively mounted, and a pivot connecting 'saidbracket to 'saidbe da'nd" disposed above and adjacent the operative powhile the machine is in operation, a hinge-connection between said bracket andbed, and means under control of said cover-slide for swinging said loop-taker, bobbin and bracket upwardly about said hinge-connection to carry said looptaker and bobbin from sewing position to a more readily accessible position below the opening in said bed.

HERBERT J. GOOSMAN. 

